ArticleScientific reports2015
Prenatal exposure to recreational drugs affects global motion perception in preschool children.
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- Effects of prenatal marijuana exposure on neuropsychological outcomes in children aged 1-11 years: A systematic review.Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology · 2018Pooled it
- Neurodevelopmental outcomes following prenatal cannabinoid exposure: a systematic review.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2026Review
- Motion and form perception in healthy individuals with adolescent cannabis use.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Longitudinal Associations Between Cannabis Use during Pregnancy and Child Cognitive, Motor, and Language Development at 2 Years Old.Maternal and child health journal · 2025Article
- Prenatal cannabis use and its impact on offspring neuro-behavioural outcomes: A systematic review.Paediatrics & child health · 2023Article
- Prenatal marijuana exposure and visual perception in toddlers: Evidence of a sensory processing deficit.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2023Article
- Psychotropic drug abuse in pregnancy and its impact on child neurodevelopment: A review.World journal of clinical pediatrics · 2022Review
- Presence of the Endocannabinoid System in the Inferior Pulvinar of the Vervet Monkey.Brain sciences · 2021Article
- Influence of Prenatal Methamphetamine Abuse on the Brain.Epigenomes · 2020Review
- Global motion perception is related to motor function in 4.5-year-old children born at risk of abnormal development.Vision research · 2017Article
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Abstract
Prenatal exposure to recreational drugs impairs motor and cognitive development; however it is currently unknown whether visual brain areas are affected. To address this question, we investigated the effect of prenatal drug exposure on global motion perception, a behavioural measure of processing within the dorsal extrastriate visual cortex that is thought to be particularly vulnerable to abnormal neurodevelopment. Global motion perception was measured in one hundred and forty-five 4.5-year-old children who had been exposed to different combinations of methamphetamine, alcohol, nicotine and marijuana prior to birth and 25 unexposed children. Self-reported drug use by the mothers was verified by meconium analysis. We found that global motion perception was impaired by prenatal exposure to alcohol and improved significantly by exposure to marijuana. Exposure to both drugs prenatally had no effect. Other visual functions such as habitual visual acuity and stereoacuity were not affected by drug exposure. Prenatal exposure to methamphetamine did not influence visual function. Our results demonstrate that prenatal drug exposure can influence a behavioural measure of visual development, but that the effects are dependent on the specific drugs used during pregnancy.
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